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Accent, perpetual foreigner stereotype, and perceived discrimination as indirect links between English proficiency and depressive symptoms in Chinese American adolescents

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ID9795488
AuthorsSu Yeong Kim (0000-0001-9222-2505, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Yijie Wang (0000-0001-6927-6505, The University of Texas at Austin), Shiying Deng (0009-0009-2296-6782, The University of Texas at Austin), Rocio Alvarez (0000-0001-5882-5046), Rocío Tron Álvarez (The University of Texas at Austin), Jing Li (0000-0001-7792-4322, The University of Texas at Austin)
Year2011
Volume47
Issue1
Pages289-301
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0020712
PMID21244164
PMCIDPMC3052861
OpenAlexW2017758770
LanguageEN
Citations received75
References cited67

The current study uses García Coll et al.'s (1996) developmental competence model of ethnic minority children and Kim's (1999) racial triangulation theory as frameworks for investigating the mechanisms whereby early adolescent English proficiency relates to perceived discriminatory experiences and adolescent depressive symptoms. Data from 444 adolescents (239 girls and 205 boys, with a mean age of 13.0 years for Wave 1 and 17.0 years for Wave 2) and their parents living in major metropolitan areas of Northern California were collected. The structural equation modeling analyses indicate that self-reported low levels of English proficiency among Chinese American adolescents in middle school are related to these same students later reporting that they speak English with an accent in high school, which in turn relates significantly to their perceiving that they have been stereotyped as perpetual foreigners. For girls, a perpetual foreigner stereotype relates to perceptions of chronic daily discrimination, increasing the risk of depressive symptoms. For boys, the path is different: A perpetual foreigner stereotype is apparently related to discriminatory victimization experiences, which increase the risk of depressive symptoms

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